The Resource Agatha Christie : a mysterious life, Laura Thompson
Agatha Christie : a mysterious life, Laura Thompson
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- Summary
- "It has been one hundred years since Agatha Christie wrote her first novel and created the formidable Hercule Poirot. A brilliant and award winning biographer, Laura Thompson now turns her sharp eye to Agatha Christie. Arguably the greatest crime writer in the world, Christie's books still sell over four million copies each year-- more than thirty years after her death-- and it shows no signs of slowing. But who was the woman behind these mystifying, yet eternally pleasing, puzzlers? Thompson reveals the Edwardian world in which Christie grew up, explores her relationships, including those with her two husbands and daughter, and investigates the many mysteries still surrounding Christie's life, most notably, her eleven-day disappearance in 1926. Agatha Christie is as mysterious as the stories she penned, and writing about her is a detection job in itself. With unprecedented access to all of Christie's letters, papers, and notebooks, as well as fresh and insightful interviews with her grandson, daughter, son-in-law and their living relations, Thompson is able to unravel not only the detailed workings of Christie's detective fiction, but the truth behind this mysterious woman"--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Pegasus books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 534 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- The villa at Torquay
- The young Miss Miller
- The husband
- The child
- The secret adversary
- The quarry
- The second husband
- War
- English murder
- The late years
- God's mark
- The works of Agatha Christie
- Isbn
- 9781681776538
- Label
- Agatha Christie : a mysterious life
- Title
- Agatha Christie
- Title remainder
- a mysterious life
- Statement of responsibility
- Laura Thompson
- Subject
-
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary Figures
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976
- Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Detective and mystery stories, English
- Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism
- 1900-1999
- History
- Novelists, English
- Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- Women and literature
- Women and literature -- England -- History -- 20th century
- Women novelists, English
- Women novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- England
- Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "It has been one hundred years since Agatha Christie wrote her first novel and created the formidable Hercule Poirot. A brilliant and award winning biographer, Laura Thompson now turns her sharp eye to Agatha Christie. Arguably the greatest crime writer in the world, Christie's books still sell over four million copies each year-- more than thirty years after her death-- and it shows no signs of slowing. But who was the woman behind these mystifying, yet eternally pleasing, puzzlers? Thompson reveals the Edwardian world in which Christie grew up, explores her relationships, including those with her two husbands and daughter, and investigates the many mysteries still surrounding Christie's life, most notably, her eleven-day disappearance in 1926. Agatha Christie is as mysterious as the stories she penned, and writing about her is a detection job in itself. With unprecedented access to all of Christie's letters, papers, and notebooks, as well as fresh and insightful interviews with her grandson, daughter, son-in-law and their living relations, Thompson is able to unravel not only the detailed workings of Christie's detective fiction, but the truth behind this mysterious woman"--Jacket
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- JJG
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1964-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thompson, Laura
- Dewey number
- 823.912092
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- facsimiles
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR6005.H66
- LC item number
- Z884 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Christie, Agatha
- Christie, Agatha
- Women novelists, English
- Novelists, English
- Detective and mystery stories, English
- Women and literature
- Authors, English
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Detective and mystery stories, English
- Novelists, English
- Women and literature
- Women novelists, English
- England
- Label
- Agatha Christie : a mysterious life, Laura Thompson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 486-520) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The villa at Torquay -- The young Miss Miller -- The husband -- The child -- The secret adversary -- The quarry -- The second husband -- War -- English murder -- The late years -- God's mark -- The works of Agatha Christie
- Control code
- on1027705620
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Pegasus books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 534 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781681776538
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits, facsimiles
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1027705620
- Label
- Agatha Christie : a mysterious life, Laura Thompson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 486-520) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The villa at Torquay -- The young Miss Miller -- The husband -- The child -- The secret adversary -- The quarry -- The second husband -- War -- English murder -- The late years -- God's mark -- The works of Agatha Christie
- Control code
- on1027705620
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Pegasus books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 534 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781681776538
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits, facsimiles
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1027705620
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary Figures
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976
- Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Detective and mystery stories, English
- Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism
- 1900-1999
- History
- Novelists, English
- Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- Women and literature
- Women and literature -- England -- History -- 20th century
- Women novelists, English
- Women novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- England
- Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
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